Sanger, Frederick

1918– British biochemist who determined the structures of insulin and nucleic acid molecules.

Keywords: insulin; proteins; nucleic acids; electrophoresis; Berg; Gilbert

 Further Reading
    book Sanger F (1964) "The chemistry of insulin". In: Nobel Lectures, Chemistry, 1942–1962, pp. 544–556. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
    Sanger F (1975) Nucleotide sequences in DNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 191: 317–333.
    book Sanger F (1981) "Determination of nucleotide sequences in DNA". Les Prix Nobel en 1980, pp. 143–159. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International.
    book Barker GR (1993) In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992 (History of Modern Chemistry Series), pp. 406–411; 633–638. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
    book Daintith J, Mitchells S, Gjertsen D and Tootile E (eds) (1994) Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, 2nd edn. Bristol: Institute of Physics.
    book Silverstein A and Silverstein V (1969) Frederick Sanger; The Man who Mapped out a Chemical of Life. New York: John Day.
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Coley, Noel G(Apr 2001) Sanger, Frederick. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002910]